United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 24488
Artificial Intelligence: Equality
Original
Introduced
16 January 2025
Last action
23 January 2025 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Artificial intelligence
Source updated
23 January 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the AI tool entitled MOD: Textio, published on 17 December 2024, whether the tool has been programmed to (a) avoid unconscious bias and (b) promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
16 January 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the AI tool entitled MOD: Textio, published on 17 December 2024, whether the tool has been programmed to (a) avoid unconscious bias and (b) promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
Source: Commons
23 January 2025
Answer
Textio is a recruitment AI tool, procured for use within the Ministry of Defence to support recruitment of the best candidates. Whilst Defence is not privy to the specific programming of the software by its developers, we have utilised it over several yea...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Ministry of Defence · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-16/24488
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1756085
- uk · wq-1756085 · source updated 23 January 2025